6 journalists in custody for 23 days to give their statements today
The six journalists that have been held in custody since December 25 will today give their statements at Istanbul police headquarters where they are held since.
ETHA director Derya Otakan, DİHA news director Ömer Çelik and Istanbul correspondent Metin Yoksu, former Diken editor Tunca Öğreten, BirGün journalist Mahir Kanaat and Yolculuk editor Eray Sargın have been in custody for 23 days because of their coverage of the emails of Energy and Natural Resources Minister and Tayyip Erdoğan's son-in-law Berat Albayrak.
ETHA director Derya Okatan has been on hunger strike since her detention to protest the unlawfulness of the current state of emergency, and her health is deteriorating.
Police called lawyers of the journalists and stated procedures for them to give their statements at police station will begin today.
Lawyer Gülhan Kaya from the Law Bureau of the Oppressed stated that Okatan will give her statement at police directorate today but it is not clear yet when they will be referred to the prosecutor's office.
